Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5488771 | Method for manufacturing externally pressurized bearing assemblies A novel means for manufacturing a precision linear or rotary motion system that is comprised of one or a set of precision machine bearing rails (i.e., long straight and parallel surfaces, or a single straight shaft), precision manufactured modular bearing... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5023528 | Method of three-phase winding motor control of rotary motor-driven linear actuators, linear motor-actuated carriages, and similar systems, and apparatus for practicing the same A motor controller for a three-phase rotary electric motor driving a leadscrew or linear electric motor actuated carriage or similar device and in which the controller generates periodic waveforms on all three phases that match the back-emf of the motor t... | 06/11/1991 |
